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1) The petitioner, James Willie Cleveland, was convicted of first-degree murder in 1951 in New Jersey state court and sentenced to life in prison. He filed a notice of appeal after conviction but was unable to pursue the appeal due to lack of funds to pay for a trial transcript, which was required under New Jersey rules at the time only for indigent defendants sentenced to death. 2) In 1966, Cleveland filed for post-conviction relief in state court asserting deprivation of his right to counsel and a trial

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